HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
From time to time, we love to mix in Tennis with our TightLine Catfishing stories...
here's an "OFFICIAL" one
TightLine Tennis: The Tennis Lesson
I stood at the net as a Roving Umpire, while Dazy patrolled the sidelines like a real Wimbledon Official.
Knowing what Rick was thinking, I shared this thought with them before the match, I quoted something Leni's distant Greek cousin, Aristotle, might have said: “It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Jane nodded.
“Good. Rick, entertain the thought you can beat me,” she said, bouncing the ball like Djokovic before the serve. “Don’t accept it!”
Rick grinned like a man who’d already accepted it anyhow.
Jane served her classic slices, low, deliberate, TightLine‑style, the kind of serve that doesn’t look dangerous until it lands exactly where she planned!
AND OF COURSE - Rick called it "Out!"
I overruled, giving a quick hand signal - calling it in.
Dazy gave Rick the sideways ears-up “you deserved that” stare.
Rick sighed.
“I entertained the thought I won that point,” he said. “Turns out enlightenment is painful.”
He looked at me, then at Jane, and made a good suggestion...
“So… catfishing anyone?”
Jane bounced her ball on the court.
“ONLY after class is dismissed, young man...”
Seems like yesterday. No one has touched more players, parents, and officials with more grace and devotion. She’s far more than an umpire; she’s a Texas tennis ambassador through and through. And yes… she’s even got bragging rights over Rick.
That's "Officially" TightLine certified
